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Cloudflare and VoidZero are building a Rust port of the TypeScript compiler

blog.cloudflare.com 5 min read Editor score 7/10

The teams say tsrs will join the Oxc toolchain, aiming to reduce type-checking time and memory use while following TypeScript's language decisions. The effort highlights the compatibility and governance challenges of reimplementing a widely used compiler.

What

tsrs is a Rust port of the TypeScript compiler being developed by Cloudflare, VoidZero, and Max Schwenk.

How

Early benchmarks report up to 8x faster and about 70% less memory than TypeScript 7.0 with the same number of workers.

Why it matters

Rust's memory model enables straightforward WebAssembly host-guest interactions, supporting development environments in browsers.

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